Instant Reverse - Visual Paradigm

SDE-VS User’s Guide (Part 1) Chapter 2 – Working with Diagrams
You can also drag a specific boundary before releasing the mouse to define a shape's initial size.
Figure 2.7 - Create Shapes with specific size
Alternatively, you can also create a diagram element by dragging a diagram element button then dropping it on the diagram
pane.
Figure 2.8 - Drag and drop to Create Shapes
Apart from that, you can use the diagram popup menu to add a shape.
Figure 2.9 - Create Shapes using
diagram popup menu
Creating Connectors
To create a connector, select the desired connector from the diagram toolbar and click on the source shape. Drag the connector
to the destination shape.
SDE-VS provides continuous UML syntax checking. You will see a stop sign when you try to create an invalid connection, e.g.
you cannot create a generalization relationship between an actor and a use case.
Figure 2.10 - Try to create an invalid connection
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